COMMUNITY / OUTREACH
"The reason why companies like the BBC, NHS and RSC employ Rob is because he has an innate ability to connect, quickly and deeply, with the general public, especially those so-called 'hard to reach' groups, that aren't hard to reach at all, we just haven't approached them properly, using a language that they can relate to".
Rob is currently Lead Artist at Clifton Park Museum, helping young people create an exhibition on the subject of Identity, as part of Rotherham's world first Children's Capital of Culture. The exhibition is called SELF and is on show until March 2026.
Rob is also currently working on a 'Spy School' event for Wentworth Woodhouse (stately home), that premieres in February 2026.
Rob is co-founder of Digital Explorers, who help children with complex issues to communicate, using digital skills and art.
SUMMER S'COOL
Four years teaching digital skills to hundreds of underprivileged children.
ARTS & MINDS
Rob is Patron of the Arts and Minds (mental health) Network
CREATIVE LEARNING GUILD
Rob hosted the Inaugural Creative Guild National Awards. A celebration of pride
HULL CITY OF CULTURE
Commissioned to help celebrate Hull's most dynamic Aviatrix
ACADEMY OF CREATIVE MINDS
Helping make the world of research more accessible
REC YOUTH THEATRE
Bringing the dormant stories of Buxton to life
ROTHERHAM THEATRE
Humanising theatre as part of £30m refurbishment
SINGING FOR BREATHING
Opera outreach programme to help lung patients breathe more easily
SILVER FOX TROPHY
Elderly cricket tournament at Headingley Stadium, during the Olympics
SOUNDCHECK
Children's engagement project for Visible Fiction
THE ART HOUSE
100 families make an island at Wakefield gallery
AMEND
Project helping children with rare conditions
RYCROFT
Teaching children how to communicate through the medium of art
HEART N SOUL
Inaugural Calouste Gulbenkian award (£75k) for a project led by Disabled people
WORK REST PLAY
Wellbeing residency, Lake District
MERMAID FESTIVAL
Green Man Art Gallery
Rob Young is an award-winning writer and artist who helps people to communicate.